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TICKSEED
coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tickseed (plural tickseeds)
A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.
A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera
Bidens, beggarticks.
Coreopsis, coreopsis
Corispermum, bugseeds
Desmodium, tick-trefoils
Anagrams
• seed tick
Source: Wiktionary
Tick"seed`, n. Etym: [Tick the insect + seed; cf. G. wanzensamen, literally, bug seed.]
1. A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.
2. (Bot.) (a) Same as Coreopsis. (b) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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